Inside Clean Energy: New Law Launches Virginia Into Landmark Clean Energy Transition
“During the months that Virginia state Sen. Jennifer McClellan worked to pass a groundbreaking clean energy law, she liked to say that the process was like trying to land a plane that was on fire,” writes Dan Gearino in Inside Climates News’ News Section.
“Then, when it passed, she found a new metaphor: It was like landing on the moon.”
“The bill, which Gov. Ralph Northam signed on Sunday, makes Virginia the latest state to require a transition to 100 percent carbon-free or renewable energy, and the first in the South. This club now includes five other states—California, Hawaii, New Mexico, New York and Washington—plus Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C.”
“Also, Maine and Nevada have enacted laws that set goals—as opposed to requirements—for 100 percent clean energy.”
